Lot: 1
Varied selection including James Joyce Ulysses, The Bodley Head 1958 in VG d/jkt; Coward The Fauna of Cheshire, 1910, 2 Vols; Upper Teesdale: The Area and its Natural History, 1978, in d/jkt; and others, many ecology related. Fair to fine. (14)
Lot: 5
Adult magazines, mostly large format, 1990s to 2000s, Fair to VF. (35)
Lot: 6
Selection of Illustrated books including The Language and Poetry of Flowers 1876; Richard Jefferies The Story of My Heart, Duckworth, 1912; M. Aumonier The Poetry of Gardens and Gardens in Sun and Shade; and 3 others. All with colour plates. Fair to VG. (7)
Lot: 8
Softback publications including magazines & newspapers, 20th Century, including pop music, guides, local history, juvenilia, socialism, Robert Browning The Pied Piper of Hamelin illustrated by Rackham 1939, and various others. Mixed condition but mostly good to VG. (61)
Lot: 11
Mary Borden The Forbidden Zone, Heinemann, 1929, First Edn in a scarce dustjacket, the jacket darkened & stained with few pieces missing from periphery; gilt cloth binding & text VG. 199pp
Lot: 21
Peter Marren & Robert Gillmor Art of the New Naturalists, Collins, 2009, 2nd printing (with corrections), pictorial boards, complete with publicity band, very fine.
Lot: 22
Collins New Naturalist series, Nos. 1 to 10 complete, all in dustjackets (6 price-clipped), and mostly 1945 to 1954 First Editions; British Game is a first year reprint while British Plant Life and Mushrooms & Toadstalls are later printings. Seven have old-style plastic protective covers and of these five have tape stains to the jackets and/or endpapers. (10)
Lot: 23
Collins New Naturalist series, Nos. 11 to 20 complete, all in dustjackets (one damaged, four others price-clipped); all 1949/51 First Editions except The Art of Botanical Illustration which is a later reprint and ex-library. All bar British Amphibians have tape-stains from the use of old-style protective covers. (10)
Lot: 24
Collins New Naturalist series, Nos. 21 to 30 complete, all in dustjackets (one with pieces missing, four others price-clipped); six are 1952/54 First Editions, The Sea Coast, Climate & the British Scene, The Weald and Moths later printings. Three of the First Editions have tape stains to jackets and endpapers from use of old style protective covers. (10)
Lot: 25
John Free & Colin Butler Bumblebees, Collins New Naturalist series No.40, 1968, in a complete VG dustjacket, slight tanning to endpapers o/w fine internally.
Lot: 26
Edward Armstrong The Folklore of Birds, Collins, 1958, First Edition in a complete d/jkt, few tape stains & foxmarks to jacket & endpapers; together with eight other New Naturalist titles in mostly price-clipped d/jkts comprising Nos.31 to 38, five with tape stains to endpapers from use of old style protective covers. Five titles are first editions. (8)
Lot: 27
Collins New Naturalist series Nos. 41 to 49 complete, all in dustjackets (Weeds & Aliens and Dragonflies with d/jkts damaged); five are First Editions. Mainly VG/Fine. (9)
Lot: 28
M.V. Brian Ants, Collins New Naturalist series No.59, 1977, First Edition, in a complete d/jkt, fine.
Lot: 29
Eric Simms Woodland Birds, 1971; Ian Newton Finches, 1972; Potter & Sargent Pedigree: Words from Nature, 1973; and R.K. Murton Man & Birds, 1971; all Collins New Naturalist series First Editions in VG/VF complete dustjackets. (4)
Lot: 30
H.R. Hewer British Seals, 1974; Pollard, Hooper & Moore Hedges, 1974; Proctor & Yeo The Pollination of Flowers, 1973; and Pearsall & Pennington The Lake District, 1973; all Collins New Naturalist series First Editions in VG/VF dustjackets (a corner missing from rear flap of Pollination.). Also Mellanby Pesticides & Pollution, 1970, ex-library. Mostly VG/VF (5)
Lot: 31
Deryk Frazer Reptiles and Amphibians in Britain, Collins New Naturalist series No.69, 1983, First Edition, fine in a complete d/jkt which shows slight wear to the upper edge.
Lot: 32
William Condry The Natural History of Wales, Collins New Naturalist series No.66, 1981, First Edition, in fine complete d/jkt, some slight foxing to top edge of text block.
Lot: 33
Collins New Naturalist series Nos. 61 to 65, 67 and 68, all 1977 to 1981 First Editions and all in VG/VF d/jkts (Inheritance and Natural History price-clipped). Also Birds of Prey (NN 60), a reprint with remains of previous owner’s label and other imperfections. (8)
Lot: 34
Colin Tubbs The New Forest, Collins New Naturalist series No.73, 1986, First Edition, fine in a complete d/jkt (spine of jacket a little faded).
Lot: 35
B.N.K. Davis, N. Walker et al The Soil, Collins New Naturalist series No.77, 1992, First Edition, fine in a complete d/jkt (spine of jacket a little faded)